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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Could not put it down, 18 Aug 2009
A couple of weeks ago I watched Twighlight for the first time. I am 28 and had heard my younger brother (14) raving about it with his friends on facebook. I was dubious as it seemed to be a teenage film but I sat and watched it with my son and we were hooked! I instantly brought all 4 books. I read Twighlight and then moved swiftly on to New moon which I have just finished in 2 days! I couldnt put it down, I find myself completely lost in these books and I am very excited about the new movie released in November.
The majority of the book focuses on Jake and Bella's budding relationship. I thought I would find this irritating as I love reading about the intensity of Edward and Bella's love but I really grew to be fond of Jacob and enjoy their different kind relatonship with each other.
My husband has also thoroughly enjoys me be so ingrosed in the Twighlight saga as it means he gets to watch football on the tv! :)
I really recommend both twighlight and new moon!
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Missed Edward but still loved it!!, 17 Jul 2009
*CONTAINS SPOILERS*
I decided to write my review here as I bought the red edition (which is fab) plus I saw there were only 4 other reviews, mainly negative! Having seen the Twilight film (which I knew I'd instantly love) I jumped feet first into reading the Twilight Saga novels, borrowed hastily from my sister, also a huge fan.
I loved Twilight, although I already knew the storyline having seen the film so I was looking forward to reading New Moon to read what happened next to the ill-fated lovers.
My sister said she read this very quickly to 'get to the bits where it was all good and ok again' and I found myself doing the same. When Edward left I was constantly flicking forward for glimpses of his name to make sure he would feature later in the story! When I started reading I just couldn't believe Jacob could replace Edward as the leading man in the book and Bella's life, but as the story went on, I became enveloped in their relationship and their love, even if they didn't feel the same kind of love for each other, and the story kept me fully engaged.
Like others, I did feel as if my favourite vampire was absent for too much of the book, as I thought the Twilight Saga was all about him and Bella. Plus I don't know quite why it took her so long to work out Jacob's secret! Near the end when Edward came back it seemed quite rushed, but it may have been because I was rushing reading it to see how it all ended! I imagine that this part will be longer in the film because of the action, suspense and drama.
I can't wait to read Eclipse (I bought the first 3 books in one go so I could read one after the other) but I'm going to force myself to slow down so I can enjoy it more (I saw the film and read Twilight and Eclipse all in the space of a week!). But as this is a review I can't help but give the book top marks - I literally couldn't put it down, and I just love the whole Edward/Bella/Jacobs/Cullens story.
If you liked Twilight and these characters, this shouldn't disappoint.
On another note, I'm very disappointed that 'Let Me Sign' (Rob Pattinson's song playing when he's sucking the blood from Bella's wrist after James attacked her, in Twilight) is not on the Twilight soundtrack and seemingly only available on the American ITunes as a bonus song when I'm in the UK!
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9 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Emo woe squared, 6 Jul 2009
It is official -- Stephanie Meyer is the oldest emo teenage girl on the face of this planet.
How else could she have written a book like "New Moon," the second sparkle-vampire romance in her bestselling Twilight series? Unfortunately this is no deep and intense romance -- it's basically a big oozing lump of teenage melodrama and horrendously purple prose. And the resolutely obnoxious heroine Bella Swan doesn't help with her endless moaning.
Bella's whether-you-like-it-or-not birthday party is wrecked when she cuts herself and prompts Jasper into a feeding frenzy, and the Cullens realize that she's just too tasty to be safe. So they leave town permanently. Cue emo music, for Bella's life is empty and worthless without Edward.
No, seriously -- it's empty. We have blank pages with month names on them, presumably to show that life is utterly empty and pointless when Eddie boy is absent -- "that I wasn't the heroine anymore, that my story was over."
But when she deliberately tries to put herself in danger, she hears Edward commanding her to stop. So she buys a motorcycle and starts immersing herself in extreme sports, hoping to hear him over and over again -- and she also gets to know local hunk Jacob Black, who has a supernatural secret of his own. But her near-suicidal antics have disastrous results for Edward, who believes her to be dead... and takes drastic action.
For the record, being seventeen-plus and/or breaking up with your True Luv are a fate worse than death. Teen Romance = True Luv. Catatonia and suicide are valid responses to being dumped. And life is an endless vile morass of nihilistic doom without a Sparkling Undead Coverboy to validate your existance and keep life from being ordinary.
At least, that is what "New Moon" would have you believe, since Stephanie Meyer smothers it in enough teenage melodrama and endless whiny angst to choke a blue whale. Thankfully her purple prose has been toned down -- presumably due to the absence of the "godlike" Edward -- but unfortunately page upon page of whining and suicidal despair is not a good substitute.
The entire story is pretty much devoted to the ever-passive Bella moping and whining as the sound of the world's smallest violin plays. Meyer attaches hilariously melodramatic significance to such scenes as Bella trying to get raped and murdered by a random bunch of guys, or having a recurring emo nightmare about being -- oh gasp of horror -- alone. You'd think being single was a death sentence.
Belatedly, Meyer realizes that post-breakup angst is not enough to carry even this thin plot. So she quickly spins up a bunch of Bad Evil Restrictive Vampires (with a not-so-subtle anti-Catholic bent), and Edward attempting suicide by the most hilarious method possible -- public sparkling. Such scenes almost mock themselves.
And Bella's endless woe-is-me-for-I-am-a-plain-mortal angst doesn't make her more vulnerable and likable -- it just eats up pages. And while Meyer tries desperately to show Bella's obsession as being True and Eternal Love, it never seems like more than a teenage girl's overwrought crush. And in a feeble attempt at a love triangle, Meyer makes Bella flirt callously with Jacob Black -- a sweet, nice, friendly guy who deserves way better.
"New Moon" is a prolonged, near-plotless slog of teenage melodrama, and it's nothing short of amazing that a grown woman could write such a book. Only for those who enjoy a fine whine.
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